Increase your racial equity capacity for transformational change
The years 2020 – 2021 will be remembered for COVID-19 and racial injustice. COVID illuminated long-standing structural inequities. Increased media focus on police brutality helped fuel a protest movement that underscored the urgency of the moment. In schools, non-profits, and various business sectors, conversations about race and institutional racism are becoming increasingly common. However, most of these conversations are performative and do little to disrupt the status quo. The authors of Humanity Over Comfort aim to move beyond the transactional response of using only conversations to respond to structural inequalities. Alternatively, the authors advance tools that promote transformational change that eliminates the access and opportunity gaps for Black and Brown individuals. Written to cultivate awareness that increases racial equity capacity, this book will help readers
- Understand historical context and the influence of racism in shaping reality
- Engage in reflections that connect learning to personal experience
- Understand the Conscious Anti-Racist Engendering Framework (CARE), which draws from adult learning theory to build community in organizations
- Leverage one’s span of control to implement practices that incrementally work to dismantle systems of oppressions
- Direct their increased capacity towards dismantling racially predictable policies and practices
Transactional responses to racism perpetuate marginalizing narratives and outcomes and do little to support the humanity of a community, including White members. This book will guide readers towards transformational change to build a system that supports the restoration of our collective humanity.
Innehållsförteckning
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
How to Use This Book
Part I: Beginning the Journey – The Reflecting Space
Chapter 1: Race Matters Because Racism Does
Chapter 2: Building Community by Reimagining New Possibilities
Chapter 3: Confronting Blame by Reframing Accountability
Part II: Leaning Into the Learning – The Making Meaning Space
Chapter 4: Power and Influence
Chapter 5: Invisibility and Other Barriers to Engaging in the Work of Anti-Racism and Structural Transformation
Part III: Curating Transformation – The Doing Space
Chapter 6: Creating Space for Productive Struggle
Chapter 7: Application of Equity Lens for System Change
Chapter 8: Building to Transformation Through Collective Application
Chapter 9: Final Thoughts
References
Index
Om författaren
Dr. Lisa Williams is a career educator having held the position of teacher, mentor, university professor, and Title I director, and executive director of equity over her career in education. She has bachelors’ degrees in biology and psychology, an M.A. in psychology, and a doctorate in Urban Educational Leadership with an emphasis in social policy. She has presented at the local, state, and national levels on topics related to improving outcomes for marginalized student populations. Her career in public education spans nearly 20 years. Her dissertation study examined Response to Intervention (RTI) and the performance of students attending Title I schools.Dr. Williams is a consultant with the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE) as well as her independent company, EMCS. In her consulting work, she has provided guidance for schools and school systems in the areas of anti-racist organizational development, racial equity, gender equity in STEM, leading for equity, school transformation, and culturally responsive practices. Dr. Williams has served as a subject matter expert with the U.S. Department of Education Department of Career, Technical, and Adult Education division related to equitable access in STEM/CTE. She serves as a board president for Restorative Response Baltimore, an organization that provides guidance and support for Restorative Practices and Community Conferences to decrease violence and create inclusive environments across the Baltimore Metropolitan Area.Over her career as a public school educator and administrator, systems transformation toward equitable access has been her focus. Toward that end, she has engaged in program creation (created two certificate programs in educational equity and cultural proficiency with two local Maryland Institutes for Higher Education) that help build staff capacity to actualize inclusive schooling behaviors. Her first book, When Treating All the Kids the Same Is the Real Problem (co-authored with Dr. Kendra Johnson) was published by Corwin in 2014. Dr. Williams is the proud mom of a son, Andrew, who is the daily inspiration for her work for all children.
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